March 8, 2020

Husson Baseball Falls to Wheaton (Mass.) on Day Two of Spring Trip, 2-9

Batting

Husson
2B: none
3B: none
HR: none
Wheaton (Mass.)
2B: Brody Ashley; Jacob Studley; Bryant Salkind; George Mulcahey
3B: none
HR: none
full stats

AUBURNDALE, Fla. - Husson University (1-4) suffered a 9-2 setback at the hands of Wheaton (Mass.) College (4-1) in the RussMatt Invitational on Sunday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Wheaton jumped out an early three run lead in the bottom of third when Jacob Studley smacked a three-run double to left center before the Lyons added two more runs in the fourth off an RBI fielder's choice by Stephen Quigley and a sacrifice fly by Brody Ashley.

In the bottom of the sixth, Wheaton struck once again off a Studley single through the left side sending home Ashley to make it a six-run game.

After a sacrifice fly by Nick Raposo pushing the Lyons advantage to seven in the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles bats finally came to life in the top of eighth as Husson plated two runs off one hit and three Wheaton miscues. Ryan Hoogterp reached first on an error by the Lyons' shortstop, advanced to second on another Wheaton miscue before going to third on an infield single by Kobe Rogerson. Hoogterp wasn't at third for that long as he crossed home plate with Husson's first run of the game on the Eagles' next at-bat when David LeBlanc reached first on the third error of the inning by Wheaton, which allowed Rogerson advanced to third as well. Rogerson later scored off a Chris Ewanik fielder's choice to cut the Lyon cushion to five.

The Lyons platted two more runs in the home half of the eighth to account for the 9-2 final.

ON THE MOUND - HUSSON:

  • Blake Slicer took the loss after yielding four runs (three unearned) off three hits with three walks in 3.0 innings of work.
  • Logan Sheridan, Jacob Gregoire, Hunter O' Connor, Austin Smith and Zach Whitmore combined to allow five runs (four earned) off nine hits, while striking out two over the final five innings of the game.

ON THE MOUND - WHEATON:

  • John Mikosz pitched 6.1 innings to earn his first win of the season. He scattered three hits while walking one and striking out nine.
  • Liam Goldthwaite and Zach Pipa threw the final 2.2 innings, holding the Eagles to one hit and two unearned runs with four punch-outs and one walk.

OFF THE BAT - HUSSON:

  • Michael Schneider went 2-for-4 on the day.
  • Rogerson had a 1-for-4 day with a run scored.
  • Ethan Shepard was 1-for-3 on the evening.
  • LeBLanc and Ewanik each had an RBI.
  • Hoogterp added a run scored.

OFF THE BAT - WHEATON:

  • Nick Croteau had a perfect 3-for-3 day with three walks and a run scored.
  • Ashley went 2-for-5, while adding a double, an RBI and a run scored.
  • Studley was 2-for-5 with four RBI and a double on the evening.
  • Bryant Salkind had a 2-for-5 day with a run scored and a double.
  • George Mulcahey added a double and a run scored on a 1-for-4 day.

UP NEXT!

The Eagles return to the diamond tomorrow when they face Westminster (Pa.) for a non-conference doubleheader at Pat Thomas Stadium in Leesburg, Fla. Game one is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. and the nightcaps' first pitch will follow 30 minutes later from the final pitch of game one.